KCHA Sports Report (7/20)

The Northeast Iowa Conference recently released its All-Conference selections for baseball and several Charles City Comets were honored. Dylan Salinas was named to the First Team as a catcher. Salinas finished the season with a .375 batting average. He had a couple of home runs and had a team-high 31 runs batted in. Salinas was also 3-0 on the mound with a 1.47 Earned Run Average. Three Comet juniors were selected on the Second Team – Cole Reams, Colton Slinger and Jace Cajthaml. Reams hit .319 on the season, had two home runs, drove in 19 and had 15 stolen bases. Slinger led the Comets with a .378 batting average, he drove in 20 runs and he had 18 stolen bases. Cajthaml had three home runs which led the team and finished with a .286 batting average and 19 RBI. Theo Arndt was named as an Honorable Mention as he hit .357 with seven doubles and a team-high 22 stolen bases. The Comets finished the NEIC season with a 9-9 record which put them in fourth place.

Today’s college football outlook takes a dive into the Iowa Hawkeye defensive line. Iowa defensive lineman Cedric Lattimore says improved depth along the line has made the Hawkeye defense better. After getting on the field as a true freshman in 2016 Lattimore played in all 13 games a year ago.

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